The Mochila Review, the national undergraduate literary journal at Missouri Western State University, presents “In the Shadow of Ellen Hopkins” at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 18 in the Kemper Recital Hall, Spratt Hall room 101. The book reading and signing is free and open to the public. Hopkins, the New York Times best-selling author of [...]
The Department of Theatre, Cinema and Dance in the School of Fine Arts at Missouri Western State University presents the musical “Godspell” as the final production in the 2015-2016 Theatre Season April 8-16 in the Potter Hall Theater. Show times are 7:30 p.m. April 8, 9, 14, 15 and 16, and 2 p.m. Sunday, April [...]
Alliance Français de Saint Joseph presents lectures by Frederick Pichon April 5 and 6 at Missouri Western State University. “Haussmann and Paris: The Creation of the Modern City” will be presented at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 5 in the Kemper Recital Hall, inside Leah Spratt Hall. “Matisse, Picasso, Chagall: Call of the Sun on the [...]
The MWSU Percussion Ensemble will perform as part of Missouri Western State University’s Midday Melodies series at 12:15 p.m. Friday, March 25 at Kelley Commons, the patio area just west of Blum Student Union. In the event of inclement weather, the concert will be held in the Blum Food Court. The brief concert is free [...]
The Missouri Western State University Arts Society has donated $32,000 to the Potter Hall project for renovations and repairs. The funding they raised came directly from their membership dues in 2015, Missouri Western’s centennial year. “We’re very grateful to members of the Arts Society for this gift,” said Dr. Bob Willenbrink, founding dean of Missouri [...]
Owen/Cox Dance, a professional contemporary dance company from Kansas City, will present “A Soldier’s Tale” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 4 in the Potter Theater on the campus of Missouri Western State University. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for seniors, and free for all students college and younger. Tickets can be purchased in advance [...]
The Golden Griffon Pep Band of Missouri Western State University will kick off the first MWSU Midday Melodies of the spring semester at 12:15 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26 at Kelley Commons, the patio area just west of Blum Student Union. In the event of inclement weather, the concert will be held in the Blum Food [...]
The Department of Theatre, Cinema and Dance and Above the Line present the fourth annual 48-Hour Film Festival, open to anyone with a passion for filmmaking. Teams will create short films March 4-6 with a festival screening and awards ceremony at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 10, at the Paradox Theatre in downtown St. Joseph. [...]
Missouri Western State University is the site of Electronic Music Midwest’s annual MiniFest Friday and Saturday, Feb. 26 and 27. Concerts will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday and at 10:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. in Kemper Recital Hall, inside Spratt Hall. The concerts are free and open to the public. MiniFest is [...]
The Music Department of Missouri Western State University will host its tenth annual MWSU Jazz Festival on Saturday, Feb. 13. Groups will perform in Blum 219 and the Fulkerson Center. Each ensemble will perform for the adjudicators, and will receive recorded and written critiques of the performance from clinicians. Immediately following each band’s performance the [...]
